annulment
An act or instance of annullingAn act or instance of annulling.
» Until the annulment, they were still married.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)An act or instance of annulling.
marriage annulment
grant an annulment
Annullierung, Annullierung
отме́наotména, аннули́рованиеannulírovanije, упраздне́ниеuprazdnénije
(countable, uncountable)The state of having been annulled.
the state of being cancelled or annulled
(countable, uncountable)An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
Nichtigerklärung
(countable, uncountable)A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Total destruction.
Examples
1 sentencesUntil the annulment, they were still married.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partlRecorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.
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Forms
plural: annulments| Singular | annulment |
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Synonyms
14 synonyms- (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc.):invalidation
- the state of being cancelled or annulled:revocation
- the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation:abrogationrepeal
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable